Representative Jim Jordan launched a new investigation into the Georgia district attorney, who had indicted Donald Trump for election interference, accusing her of profiting from the criminal case for her campaign.
“It is noteworthy that just four days before this indictment, you launched a new campaign fundraising website highlighting your investigation of President Trump,” the Judiciary Commission Chairman wrote in a letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani. Willis.
The Democratic district attorney is up for re-election in 2024.
Her campaign website does not directly emphasize her charges against Trump. It praises her work to combat gang violence, keep youth out of the criminal justice system and efforts to fight corruption.
But under an “in the news” section on her campaign website, there’s a New York Times report on the prosecution headlined, “In Atlanta, a local prosecutor takes on murder, street gangs, and a president.”
Representative Jim Jordan launched a new investigation into the Georgia district attorney who had indicted Donald Trump for election interference — Fani Willis — accusing her of profiting from the criminal case for her campaign
The Willis campaign website features a New York Times report on the prosecution headlined, “In Atlanta, a local prosecutor tackles murder, street gangs, and a president.”
“Your charges and prosecutions imply substantial federal interests, and the circumstances surrounding your actions raise serious concerns about whether they are politically motivated,” the letter said.
The Republican Party-led investigation was revealed on the day Trump will hand himself over to authorities in Georgia.
Trump went after Willis during an interview on X, formerly Twitter, the night before he surrendered, which was viewed more than 150 million times during the GOP’s first presidential debate.
“Even the Democrats say you can’t bring these cases, you don’t have a case,” he told Tucker Carlson.
“The District Attorney, Fani, Fani Willis, in Atlanta, she’s being killed,” he continued — in terms reminiscent of his rhetoric leading up to the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
He will be admitted to the Fulton County Jail on Thursday evening, where he will be fingerprinted and a police photo taken, before being released on $200,000 bail.
The letter raised suspicions about the two-and-a-half-year timeline of the charges.
Willis’s investigation was first launched in February 2021, but the former president was not charged until the campaign for the Republican Party nomination was “well underway,” Jordan wrote.
“In addition, you have requested that the trial in this case begin on March 4, 2024, the day before Super Tuesday and eight days before the Georgia presidential primary.”
The letter asked for all records of how the Fulton County District Attorney’s office had used federal funds and for all communications between that office and the Justice Department, particularly Special Prosecutor Jack Smith who oversees the case of January 6 and classified documents cases against Trump.
Jordan also requested all documents related to communications between the district attorney’s office and the Biden administration.
The Georgia indictment accused Trump and 18 of his co-defendants of pressuring local election officials, making false claims of voter fraud, and creating a plan to recruit fake voters to certify the election for Trump instead of Biden.
In his letter, Jordan also quoted the remarks of grand jury forewoman Emily Kohrs, in which she “bragged” about “the prospect of subpoenaing President Trump.”
“It is noteworthy that just four days before this indictment, you launched a new campaign fundraising website highlighting your investigation of President Trump,” the presiding judge wrote in a letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani. Willis.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaking at a news conference at the Fulton County Government Building on August 14, 2023
Kohrs launched himself into one of the country’s most famous frontmen and made the rounds in the media while the investigation was underway. During a televised interview with MSNBC, she giggled when she said she “kind of wanted” to subpoena Trump just to get a chance to swear him in.
She said she “just thought this would be a great moment.”
“Thus, the House Committee on the Judiciary may investigate whether federal law enforcement agencies or officials were involved in your investigation or indictment,” Jordan wrote.
“It may also investigate whether DOJ raised concerns about how your investigation affected federal interests, and if so, whether and how those concerns were resolved.”
Jordan gave Willis until September 7 to comply with his demands, though it’s not clear if she will. Jordan could then potentially issue a subpoena.